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European and American diplomats say Bosnia's territorial integrity is not up for debate and have warned that any referendum risks inflaming the country's already shaky ethnic balance. "The international community will not tolerate any attempt to undermine the territorial integrity or sovereignty of Bosnia and Herzegovina," Valentin Inzko...
The country's Serbs see the Republika Srpska as a guarantee of their rights in a state dominated by a Muslim majority. But for many Bosniaks and Croats, its very existence is an affront and a reminder of the success of Karadzic's campaign of ethnic cleansing. Reuf Bajrovic, a...
As voters go to the polls on Sunday for Iraq's third parliamentary election, the fragile stability of a country still recovering from a vicious civil war hangs in the balance. Iraq's leaders have so far been unable to resolve central issues regarding the shape of the Iraqi state...
Like most elections, Iraq's is in part a referendum on the incumbent, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, who is running on his record of bringing security and normal life back to Iraq. Originally chosen as a compromise candidate by rival Shi'ite leaders who expected him to be a...
The final composition of the government will nominally affect the future direction of the Iraqi state - whether it becomes more centralized in the hands of the Baghdad government, or whether power is devolved to the regions, especially the Shi'ite-dominated south and the Kurdish north. But either direction could...